Te Rua
7.1
“Success has its costs even when you are in the right”
A hundred years after the theft from New Zealand of three irreplaceable tribal carvings, two members of a Māori tribe decide it's time for ancient grievances to be put right. Variously praised as a major step forward in indigenous cinema, attacked for overambition, and little screened, Te Rua marked Barry Barclay’s impassioned follow-up to his acclaimed debut feature Ngāti.
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37 people
Wi Kuki Kaa
Rewi
Known for
The Bounty
Peter Kaa
Peter Huaka
Also in
Savage Play
Roimata
Nissie Herewini
Nanny Matai
No other roles listed
Maria Fitzi
Hanna Lehmann
Also in
A French Woman
Behind Locked Doors
Donna Akersten
Fiona Gilbert
Known for
Meet the Feebles
Sleeping Dogs
Walter Kreye
Dr. Sattler
Known for
Dark
Old Agent Men
Jürgen Thormann
Dieter Goetz
Also in
Jakob und Adele
Rosenkavalier
Carolyn Del Rosario
Teza
No other roles listed
Vanessa Rare
Helen Marangai
Also in
The Gone
Rūrangi
Günter Meisner
Professor Biederstedt
Known for
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
In a Glass Cage
Matiu Mareikura
Taki Ruru
Also in
Pictures
Stuart Devenie
Hamish MacMillan
Known for
Braindead
Meet the Feebles
Barry Barclay Director · Dalvanius Composer Warrick Attewell Cinematographer
First release July 20, 1991 · Produced in New Zealand · Production Berlin Senate and Film Commission, New Zealand Film Commission
Production
Pacific Films
Production
Berlin Senate and Film Commission
Production
New Zealand Film Commission
Production
New Zealand
Produced in
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
New Zealand · July 20, 1991
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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